GOOD Measurement - GREAT Business is the theme for the MSA Conference being held in stunning Queenstown 13th - 16th October 2015.

Any profitable organisation depends on three pillars: understand, engage and grow your customer relationships. While it might seem simple in theory, the rapidly changing tools and technology we have at our fingertips are making implementing these pillars increasingly complex. So where do you and your team make sense of it all? At the MSA Conference 2015.

The MSA Conference brings together like-minded business, scientific and technical practitioners for an opportunity to get up-to-date with the latest advances and tools for the business of metrology.

The conference will present a mix of case studies, presentations and workshops which showcase research, innovation and success in the world of calibration and measurement.

This must attend event for high-value manufacturers, product test and measurement facilities, and businesses seeking a competitive advantage. It will be inspiring and thought provoking, highly relevant and practical for all levels of Metrologists.

MSL offers calibration services

As New Zealand’s National Metrology Institute, one of our main functions is to provide calibrations traceable to New Zealand’s National Standards and to the SI. All of our routine calibration certificates are recognised internationally as demonstrating traceability to the SI.

New Zealand's measurement structure

The measurement infrastructure in New Zealand presently consists of a number of autonomous organisations with specific and separate responsibilities which cooperate to ensure a coherent measurement system is possible.

MSL has the primary responsibility for the provision of physical measurement standards.

Density measurement is used in wide variety of applications ranging from process monitoring to laboratory analysis. The course is suitable for those with or without previous experience in density measurement.

Practical course covering problems with the use and calibration of infrared radiation thermometers, including reflections, absorption, emissivity, and instrumental effects. Builds confidence in measurements from −50 °C to 2000 °C

This course introduces balances and weighing. It covers sources of error in measurements, common pitfalls of weighing and problem solving associated with the use of balances or weights used for checking and calibrating balances.

Gives a broad overview of measurement and calibration principles, and calculation of uncertainty. Designed for technical staff making, reporting, designing, or auditing measurements. Especially useful for staff involved in testing and calibration.

If you are making or designing measurements involving RF or microwave quantities, and particularly if you are operating under ISO 17025 "General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories", then this course is for you.

Use, care, and calibration of liquid-in-glass, platinum resistance, thermocouple, and radiation thermometers. Relevant to all personnel who use or check thermometers as a part of testing, installation, or monitoring and maintenance tasks.

This two-day course covers the requirements for approved test houses in NZ. Topics covered include calibration of standards, errors in instruments, procedures for calculating how measurement errors combine and an introduction to the MSL-developed MIECalculator tool for metering installations.

Helpful Links

The 20th of May is the date in 1875 when the metre convention was signed by 17 nations. Metre convention has now been signed by 55 nations (including New Zealand) who are full members of the metre convention as well as another 44 nations and economies who are associative members.

The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) has announced that on 30 June 2015 at 23:59:60 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) a leap second will be inserted into UTC. In New Zealand, the leap second will occur in at noon on the 1st July 2015.